†Cynodesmus martini Wang 1994 (canid)
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Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae
Full reference: X. Wang. 1994. Phylogenetic systematics of the Hesperocyoninae (Carnivora: Canidae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 221:1-207
Belongs to Cynodesmus according to X.-M. Wang et al. 2008
See also Wang 1994
Sister taxon: Cynodesmus thooides
Type specimen: UNSM 25796, a skull (nearly complete skull and mandible). Its type locality is Redington Gap West (Basal Siltstone), which is in an Arikareean terrestrial horizon in the Brule Formation of Nebraska.
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore-omnivore
Distribution: found only at Redington Gap West (Basal Siltstone)
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